Officer Wearables, V2X Connectivity Seen With Fastest Smart Cities Growth

Global spending on smart cities will reach $158 billion by 2022, up from $81 billion this year, IDC forecast Monday. The three largest use cases, expected to attract nearly a quarter of global smart cities spending in 2018, are fixed visual surveillance, advanced public transit and smart outdoor lighting, with intelligent traffic management expected to overcome smart outdoor lighting by 2022. Officer wearables and vehicle-to-everything connectivity will generate the fastest growth, the researcher said.